Grant to fund exploration of fossil plants in Patagonia
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 19:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Dinosaurs may be the focus of much Cretaceous fossil hunting, but a Penn State researcher and his colleagues are hot on the trail of fossil plants in Patagonia, Argentina, thanks to a $1.57 million grant from the National Science Foundation as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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